Journal #2

Title: My Wicked Wicked Ways
Author: Sandra Cisneros
Style: Comparative Critic

S: A baby concealed within the womb
of its mother
O: Stating the reasons for its future actions
A: People who question the motive of the
baby’s future action
P: To help explains the future of the child
S: Wickedness
Tone: Harsh

Title: Song at Midnight
Author: Lucille Clifton
Style: Comparative Critic

S: A voluptuous woman
O: Search for love
A: Single brothers
P: To raise awareness of the utilities
offer when involve in relationship
with a big woman
S: Seeking championship
Tone: Humorous

Response:

The nurturing phase of an individual is unique to every individual because every individual develops at a different rate; which sets the bar for coping with different issues unique to an individual. In the poems “My Wicked Wicked Ways” and “Song of Midnight” the authors Sandra Cisneros and Lucille both have speakers who are marred with lack of love given to them in their nurturing phases. Although the nurturing phases occur at separate times the effect of their past causes a painful future. For instances in the poem the “My Wicked Wicked Ways” the baby concealed with the woman’s womb does not literally witness the aggressiveness of her mother or her mother’s hostility towards the baby’s father but senses the tension because she is connected with to the mother. The emotions created within the mother trickles down to effect her unborn baby without the consent of the mother. All the negativity that is absorbed by the baby will be transmitted into the pessimistic future actions by the baby concealed with the womb of its mother. In the poem “Song at Midnight” the voluptuous woman was not fat and unattractive all her life to brothers, but at some point during her nurturing phase she became over weight. Her nurturing phase occurs between the times before her birth up until the age of 18 years old. By being a big woman her search for love seems harder than normal through her eyes because most single brothers prefer woman who fits the media’s description of beauty. However, the lack of love can be viewed as harsh or as humorous depending on the context it is presented in, meaning there is always two ways to tell a story. The way an individual turns out based on their ability to cope with their surroundings is